1. A: Wǒmen zěnme chēnghu nín hǎo ne? How should we address you? B: Lái zhèli cānguān fǎngwènde rén dōu jiào wǒ Lǎo Wáng. People who come here to visit all call me Lio Wing. 2. A: Nín xiǎng zhèijiàn shì zěnme ānpái bǐjiǎo hǎo? What do you think would be the best way to arrange this? B: Wǒ xiǎng zuì hǎo děng wǒ hé Shànghǎi fángmian liánxì yíxià zài shuō. I think it would be best to wait until I’ve contacted Shanghai and then we'll see about it. 3. A: Tīngshuō nín duì zhèi yídàide fāngyán hěn yǒu yánjiū. I've heard that you're an expert on the dialect of this area. B: Náli! Wǒ zhǐ shi liǎojiě yìdiǎnr, tánbudào yǒu yánjiū. Oh no! I just know a little about it; I couldn't say I'm an expert. 4. A: Xiànzài Zhǒngguó yòngde shíyóu dàbùfen shi zìjǐ shēngchǎnde, duì ba? China now produces most of the oil that it uses, isn't that right? B: Bù, quánbù shi zìjǐ shēngchǎnde. No, they produce all of it. 5. A: Dàbùfen běifāng rén dōu huì shuō pǔtōnghuà, duì bu duì? Most northerners can speak the standard language, can't they? B: Òu, bù zhǐ shi běifāng rén, hěn duō nánfāng rénde pǔtōnghuà yě bú cuò. Oh, not Just northerners. A lot of southerners speak standard Chinese pretty well, too. 6. A: Míngtiān wǒ jiù cóng Shēnzhèn lí jìng le. Tomorrow I'm going to leave the country from Shenzhen. B: Ó, zhème kuài! Wǒ hái yǐwéi nǐ néng gēn wǒmen dào Sūzhōu qù wánr jitiān ne! Oh, so soon! I thought you could go with us to Sǔzhǒu for a few days. 7. A: Dǒngbéi. Xíbéi nī dǒu qù-guo le ba? You've been to Manchuria and the Northwest, haven't you? B: Zài Dōngběi wǒ zhǐ cānguānle Dàqìng. Xīběi hái méi qù ne. In Manchuria I've only visited Daqing, and I haven't been to the Northwest yet. 8. A: Nǐ xiān xǒu hǎo le, wǒ jiù lái. You go ahead and leave. I'll be right there. B: Hǎo. Huí tóu jiàn. Okay. See you in a while. 9. A: Zhèiwèi xuézhě yánjiūde shi něi fāngmiànde wèntí? What subject does this scholar study? B: Tā yánjiūde zhǔyào shi yǔyán hé yǔyánxué. She mainly studies languages and linguistics. 10. A: Zài Xīnjiāng Nèiměng yídài méiyou hěn duō rén shuō pútōnghuà ba? In the region of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia not many people speak standard Chinese, do they? B: Duì, zài nèixiē dìfang, shǎoshù mínzú yǔyán zhàn zhǔyàode dìwei. Right. In those places the minority nationality languages occupy the major position. 11. A: Nǐmen xiǎng qùde dìqǔ quán dōu qù le ba? Hái yǒu shénme wèntí meiyou? Have you been to all the regions you wanted to go to? Do you have any more questions? B: Méiyou shénme wèntí le, Lǚxíngshède gōngzuò gǎode hěn hǎo,wǒmen hěn mǎnyì. We don't have any more questions. The China Travel Service did a very good Job and we're very pleased. 12. lǚxíngtuán tour group 13. Guǎngxī an autonomous region, formerly spelled Kwangsi 14. Guìlín a famous scenic mountain in Guǎngxī 15. Yúnnán a province in southern China 16. Guìzhōu a province, formerly spelled Kweichow 17. Huéběi north China 18. Huánán south China 19. Huángshān a famous scenic mountain in Ānhuī province